Here come the misquotations. I knew I should have never started getting
into this.
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Wightman, Scott W wrote:
quoted 3 lines The independent label was "virtually" non-existent when Louis A., Miles, so> The independent label was "virtually" non-existent when Louis A., Miles, so
> forth were recording and the release of music was co-ordinated along other
> lines - rather than goal for profit, so forth,
I'm not sure about the early days of Armstrong, but by the time Miles
came on the scene there were plenty of minor jazz labels, in fact most of
them were small.
quoted 6 lines Miles signed a deal so he> Miles signed a deal so he
> could afford equipment etc to record etc in studios etc and did not have to
> live on ? for live performances alone and also bootlegs were stopped which
> landed him with no money whatsoever (check his biography). while the stop
> bootleg motive is questionable, the drive for smiles was to be able to make
> more music in ways he believed he wanted.
Sounds to me like you're pointing out a good reasons why Miles did want to
sign with a major (if you actually buy what he says).
quoted 3 lines Far more questionable though is> Far more questionable though is
> citing The Beatles, Dylan, and even Der Clash as bands who made "pure (?)
> art (?)"
First of all I did not call those artists' work "pure art". That was a
sarcastic stab at Mr. Burrows' comments and at Ae clones.
quoted 2 lines - the compulsion for The Beatles and Dylan was not a la> - the compulsion for The Beatles and Dylan was not a la
> Aphex/whoever ("I want to make music") it was entirely fuelled by shite -
Huh ? Are you saying The Beatles and Dylan's reasons for making music were
shite ?
quoted 3 lines though Beatles/Dylan 'hated the suits' i've read a number of interviews> though Beatles/Dylan 'hated the suits' i've read a number of interviews
> where they call song/music ideas "unfeasible" and so forth "who would want
> to listen that? who would buy that?".
Yeah, and I've heard Aphex say Stockhausen needs some phat bass lines in
his pieces.
I actually remember hearing Paul McCartney say they were influenced by
Stockhausen in the Sgt. Peppers / Magical Mystery Tour period, so I think
they were pretty open minded.
Andrei
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